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not 2016, the midterm elections. >> the other thing that's going to be happening in coming elections and the reason why it matters is the 17 to 20 women. by sir paley mattered, why barack obama matters. but we are in the process of doing is expanding our idea of a leadership could look like if this is crucial to the question of how we view and why there are more women of color, were men of color. we have to imagine what a candidate could look like. so if there is a young white man in college and graduate school and is particularly smart and inspiring and excited and committed to doing good public work, batman will be sold you should run for office. if there is an equivalently inspiring, exciting, smart women of any color, it is much more common to say wow, you'd be great in politics. you should manage the campaign. that is one of the reasons it matters as soon as we begin to see that young women when that young men of color leadership, that is part of why it matters barack obama is our president. a generation of children for thinking of president looking that way. people who grow up
not 2016, the midterm elections. >> the other thing that's going to be happening in coming elections and the reason why it matters is the 17 to 20 women. by sir paley mattered, why barack obama matters. but we are in the process of doing is expanding our idea of a leadership could look like if this is crucial to the question of how we view and why there are more women of color, were men of color. we have to imagine what a candidate could look like. so if there is a young white man in...
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we are 15 days away as of today from what has been widely called the most presidential election of our lifetimes given that the choice between the two men running for office is very, very different. as we're in the final days, let me ask you this last question. do you see greater challenges facing cities, boston in the particular, under a mitt romney presidency as opposed to a continued barack obama presidency, and, ed, i'm going to start with you. >> i think the track record of the national government with cities is very, very weak, and i think that that's true under both parties. occasionally, very well meaning but weak, and occasionally not so well meaning but weak. and i think that's the larger challenge, how to create an urban agenda that actually makes sense. one that doesn't and, again, you know, this means pushing back on policies that mean massive spending on highways with general tax revenues. i mean, president obama's the most urban president we've had since ted key roosevelt in many -- teddy roosevelt in many ways. the latest highway bill, we had a mass infusion of general
we are 15 days away as of today from what has been widely called the most presidential election of our lifetimes given that the choice between the two men running for office is very, very different. as we're in the final days, let me ask you this last question. do you see greater challenges facing cities, boston in the particular, under a mitt romney presidency as opposed to a continued barack obama presidency, and, ed, i'm going to start with you. >> i think the track record of the...
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lost the election. i think the writing was on the wall, and many others kept saying before the election that we had a problem with immigration. and i know that after this election there'll be a lot of introspection and an sils of, you know, how -- analysis of, you know, how to get the latino vote, but in the end, to me, it was the latino vote and -- romney ended up not prevailing precisely because of the latino vote and specifically because of the issue of immigration. if governor romney would have had a more constructive view on the issue from the get go, from the primaries, i think he would have been a very competitive candidate, and frankly, i think in the end he would have ended up prevailing the election. he didn't win, apparently contrary to what he thinks, not because latinos voted for obamacare or entitlements, they just didn't like him because of the things he said about immigration. they remember what he said, people should self-deport. sounds something very similar to what chris kovak would s
lost the election. i think the writing was on the wall, and many others kept saying before the election that we had a problem with immigration. and i know that after this election there'll be a lot of introspection and an sils of, you know, how -- analysis of, you know, how to get the latino vote, but in the end, to me, it was the latino vote and -- romney ended up not prevailing precisely because of the latino vote and specifically because of the issue of immigration. if governor romney would...
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[applause] and it's a shame it's not part of the dialogue going on in the election. we're going to pay a price for this, and just, you know, the note on your blackberry that we talked about this september 23rd, and when the bridges start burning in or -- in four or five months, i was saying this to somebody. if you remember 9/11, in august of 2001, six weeks before 9/11, there was a top secret intelligence briefing given to president george w. bush. and the headline of that top secret briefing was, and we ran it in "the washington post" after it became a big issue, was bin laden determined to strike in u.s. now, think about that. you're the president of the united states, you get a top secret report saying bin laden determined to strike in the u.s. you should do something. well, we know not enough was done can. we know that the government across the board failed to do what was necessary on potential terrorism, and we had 9/11. i tell you the theme song, the big music in this book i've written that i've tried to present is u.s. economy about to falter. and it's a warn
[applause] and it's a shame it's not part of the dialogue going on in the election. we're going to pay a price for this, and just, you know, the note on your blackberry that we talked about this september 23rd, and when the bridges start burning in or -- in four or five months, i was saying this to somebody. if you remember 9/11, in august of 2001, six weeks before 9/11, there was a top secret intelligence briefing given to president george w. bush. and the headline of that top secret briefing...
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the election was november the sixth. we won't have another one for two years and it's time to start pulling outward together as the american people expect us to do you matter how they voted last december to solve this but problem. >> isolator mentioned, the issue issue with regard to the fiscal cliff is straightforward. the president and his press conference after the election stated essence: priority jobs in the economy. republicans couldn't agree more about that, which is why the proposal the president spoke forward to solve the cliff raises taxes on how must a million small businesses who employ 25% of the workforce. ernst & young has been a study that if the president's proposal went into effect to raise taxes on small businesses that they are, they will cost us us over 700,000 jobs, reduced take-home pay by 2% and reduce economic growth by 1.3%. so you've got a lot of analysis out there, lots of economy seem that the president is reposting to do would hurt jobs and the economy, which is again ironic in that the pres
the election was november the sixth. we won't have another one for two years and it's time to start pulling outward together as the american people expect us to do you matter how they voted last december to solve this but problem. >> isolator mentioned, the issue issue with regard to the fiscal cliff is straightforward. the president and his press conference after the election stated essence: priority jobs in the economy. republicans couldn't agree more about that, which is why the...
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1860, think about barack obama running for the presidency in 2008 if he had lost the illinois senate election. but there level of national security we are talking about here. it. >> now on booktv, as james hagerty of "the wall street journal" talks about the 1938 creation and 70 year history of the mortgage giant fannie mae. it's about an hour and 15. >> thank you all very much for being here and good afternoon. welcome to our book forum, "the fateful history of fannie mae," faithful not only for fannie mae but everybody else too and there are copies of the book on sale in the reception area, which we hope you will buy and which james hagerty will be happy to autograph after the program. i'm a resident fellow here at aei and we are very pleased to have you here to consider what this is fateful history and its role in american politicized housing finance. after many years of dealing with and thinking about fannie mae, i thought i knew a lot about the subject but i learned a lot more about it from reading bob's book, especially about the very long-term evolution of politicized mortgage finance
1860, think about barack obama running for the presidency in 2008 if he had lost the illinois senate election. but there level of national security we are talking about here. it. >> now on booktv, as james hagerty of "the wall street journal" talks about the 1938 creation and 70 year history of the mortgage giant fannie mae. it's about an hour and 15. >> thank you all very much for being here and good afternoon. welcome to our book forum, "the fateful history of...
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it is clear it is time for real leadership in washington for elected officials to have the courage to do something right for our country. it happened under president reagan and clinton when major compromises were achieved on debt and deficit and candidate should happen again. if not, country's economy will grow more slowly than it would otherwise at the level of government that grows and uncertainty continues about how the budget will be resolved. that nasdaq will continue to face had been sent for businesses company's growth prospects fail to excite investors. this has negative implications for treating and listings business. we may still be better than competition, but not as well as we should be doing and not as well as we could be. the competence of executives as well as investors in our markets is directly related to the problem and the debt and deficits. we recognize the fiscal cliff in compromise or even a pasty sustainable growth. these policies were created simply as the life force threat to prop the government to act in the future. now is the future and we are waiting to see
it is clear it is time for real leadership in washington for elected officials to have the courage to do something right for our country. it happened under president reagan and clinton when major compromises were achieved on debt and deficit and candidate should happen again. if not, country's economy will grow more slowly than it would otherwise at the level of government that grows and uncertainty continues about how the budget will be resolved. that nasdaq will continue to face had been sent...
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it suggests that republicans are slowly absorbing one of the lessons of the 2012 election which as elections continue to be wown wop in the middle and victory remains elusive for parties that occupy either the far left over the far right. over the years the democratic party has wrestled with the same issues republicans are facing. when i was elected to congress in 1981, crime was ripping apart my district district. i came to washington with a goal of working to pass new laws to crack down on crime. lo and behold i found the democratic congress at the time was literally outsourcing the drafting of crime legislation to the aclu. i have great respect for the views of civil libertarians but at that time the motto was -- quote -- "let a hundred guilty people foe free lest your convict one guilty person." that dominated our party's thinking on crime for better than a decade. our party suffered for it. we didn't standpoint snap out of it until president clinton passed the crime bill in the 1990's. after that we won back the trust of moderate, middle-class voters. i now how difficult it is. but if h
it suggests that republicans are slowly absorbing one of the lessons of the 2012 election which as elections continue to be wown wop in the middle and victory remains elusive for parties that occupy either the far left over the far right. over the years the democratic party has wrestled with the same issues republicans are facing. when i was elected to congress in 1981, crime was ripping apart my district district. i came to washington with a goal of working to pass new laws to crack down on...
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we elected a house stronger than the last one. the president got elected to four years, lost two seat in the senate but would you rather have 60 or 15 or more than 40? more than 40, enough to filibuster, not enough to pass something which is where we were before. the disappointment was we didn't take the senate. when you look two years ahead there's every reason to think -- half of what we do focus on the states and as you mentioned we had 48 states and two meetings, 90 people get together -- >> in the morning -- >> no time for one and it is not work. we didn't have people who won the house in 2010, what do we do now? >> not going to top that. >> floating is not working. >> thank you, appreciate it. we appreciate vote politicos who made this possible. thank you for coming out, we appreciate it. we have a breakfast next wednesday, bob woodward and senator marco rubio, grover norquist, thank you. [applause] ♪ >> the u.s. senate dabbles in today about an hour from now at 10:00 eastern and today they will continue working on legisla
we elected a house stronger than the last one. the president got elected to four years, lost two seat in the senate but would you rather have 60 or 15 or more than 40? more than 40, enough to filibuster, not enough to pass something which is where we were before. the disappointment was we didn't take the senate. when you look two years ahead there's every reason to think -- half of what we do focus on the states and as you mentioned we had 48 states and two meetings, 90 people get together --...
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so just after nixon was elected, hunter sent a chatty letter to rosemary woods of nixon's secretary i guess you'd him a special field as housing and urban development. there are very few republicans in the field and even fewer who are or what to do be with in a lifeboat. out what i like is the indian. stay healthy. you are photographing well. [laughter] hunter was always a ladies and he loved to party. i can show you exclusively this is a party favor from a fannie mae party in that era. hunter bought new headquarters for fannie mae. some people said it was the sort of panelists that louis xiv would have built, if he had the money. now, during nixon's first year in office the fed was fighting inflation. interest rates went up, and housings starts came down 40%. nixon in january 1970 clarity there was a crisis situation in housing. part of the solution was more fannie mae. we got the emergency home finance act of 1970. it create a second government chartered mortgage company, freddie mac, designed to cater more to the s&l industry. and more important that allow both fannie and freddie t
so just after nixon was elected, hunter sent a chatty letter to rosemary woods of nixon's secretary i guess you'd him a special field as housing and urban development. there are very few republicans in the field and even fewer who are or what to do be with in a lifeboat. out what i like is the indian. stay healthy. you are photographing well. [laughter] hunter was always a ladies and he loved to party. i can show you exclusively this is a party favor from a fannie mae party in that era. hunter...
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in a general election. c-span: but he came to visit and you played a role. >> guest: he did, yes. it was an interesting scene. patrick buchanan and his wife shelly came to see president nixon early on, pretty early on in the campaign, for advice. and they entered the office, and nixon took them into the office, and they were in there for between 15 and 20 minutes. and i was sitting at my desk, and i heard nixon's voice come over the intercom on my desk, and he asked me to come in and meet the buchanans. and i thought it was going to be just a very perfunctory introduction and then i would leave the office, but i was wrong. nixon asked me to sit down and he turned to me, and he said, "monica, why don't you tell pat what you think he should do." and i thought to myself, "oh, my god. nixon is not doing this to me,' but he was doing it to me." so i told pat buchanan that i thought that i had respected him very much for his entry into the race and for the fact that he was unwilling to compromise on his principle
in a general election. c-span: but he came to visit and you played a role. >> guest: he did, yes. it was an interesting scene. patrick buchanan and his wife shelly came to see president nixon early on, pretty early on in the campaign, for advice. and they entered the office, and nixon took them into the office, and they were in there for between 15 and 20 minutes. and i was sitting at my desk, and i heard nixon's voice come over the intercom on my desk, and he asked me to come in and meet...
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the election is behind us. whatever short-term advantage the majority may have felt it had by protecting its members from voting on almost everything is over. we don't need to have a perpetual election in the country. we have huge issues before us here at the end of the year, much of which will probably carry over into next year. it's a time that we ought to be building collegiality and relationships and not making incendiary moves that are damaging to the institution and could have serious ramifications on our ability to work together here at the end of the year. so i would encourage my friend, the majority leader, to think thoroughly through whether this is the direction he wants to take this body. i think it is a huge mistake. the american people sent us here to solve big problems and we ought to be concentrating on trying to bring everybody together behind an agreement -- hopefully it can be reached here before the end of the year -- to do really, really important work for the american people. mr. reid: mr.
the election is behind us. whatever short-term advantage the majority may have felt it had by protecting its members from voting on almost everything is over. we don't need to have a perpetual election in the country. we have huge issues before us here at the end of the year, much of which will probably carry over into next year. it's a time that we ought to be building collegiality and relationships and not making incendiary moves that are damaging to the institution and could have serious...
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we have an election two weeks from today in american voters have a clear choice that is going to vote for greater government support or are they going to let the private sector manage on its own? as an indicator, all we have to do is look at north dakota where it is 3% because of all the hater fracturing for oil and natural gas going on a privately held land. every state wants to be like north dakota. it is interesting that mitt romney would default the decisions as to whether to explore homeland or not to the individual states. he let each individual states decide. virginia for example that wants to look for oil off its coast would be allowed to do so. that permission was revoked by the obama administration even that was granted by the bush administration previously. everybody wants to get sources of energy in their states for not only to be able to get the jobs of getting it out, but attract criminal and manufacturing companies with low prices. so this is the choice we will have before us and to meet sees clearly the the way to go. i'd like to thank all of you for listening and i'd
we have an election two weeks from today in american voters have a clear choice that is going to vote for greater government support or are they going to let the private sector manage on its own? as an indicator, all we have to do is look at north dakota where it is 3% because of all the hater fracturing for oil and natural gas going on a privately held land. every state wants to be like north dakota. it is interesting that mitt romney would default the decisions as to whether to explore...
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it was a strange election. >> host: it was a very strange election, but hard fought. he had a lot of enemies, but you're saying, i guess what you're really saying is both the supporters and the opponents knew who nay were talking about. >> guest: partly that. i think so -- especially when parties become ideologically ho mog nows as they were now and then, any democrat is different if any republican or in those days, any democrat different than a federalist. if you measure impacts, you shouldn't measure the democrats against the federalists, but the democrat against the democrat who would have been there if that democrat, the first one wouldn't have had the job. >> host: if jefferson was killed, another member of the party would have contested that election. >> guest: right. the other member of the party was james madison, and you want to baseline jefferson is what would madison have done in jefferson's shoes? he was the likely alternative, and he was filtered and likely to be a modal candidate. in the case of 1800, okay, say if the dice rolled differently, maybe john
it was a strange election. >> host: it was a very strange election, but hard fought. he had a lot of enemies, but you're saying, i guess what you're really saying is both the supporters and the opponents knew who nay were talking about. >> guest: partly that. i think so -- especially when parties become ideologically ho mog nows as they were now and then, any democrat is different if any republican or in those days, any democrat different than a federalist. if you measure impacts,...
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that election didn't work. there was unrest in the streets and the turmoil completely consumed the rest of that year. and so, basically i think this is as good as any time to start negotiations. so what is stopping us from doing this? of course there's a synergy of inaction on both sides and invested political interest to generate a kind of in group solidarity from the image of a demonized other, on the other side. but there is only one way to break this logjam, and that is, i think the two sides should, this block of marble and see the statue inside the block, apply to think to apply pressure, force, but also perspective to breakout a new compromise out of this situation. and there are risks and there are rewards to this. any politician who openly says i'm going to make peace with the other side and resolve this issue would be -- out of hand if they don't succeed. but there are also great rewards because we also know the politician, to cut his 10 year old, will have a place in history. so what is keeping the s
that election didn't work. there was unrest in the streets and the turmoil completely consumed the rest of that year. and so, basically i think this is as good as any time to start negotiations. so what is stopping us from doing this? of course there's a synergy of inaction on both sides and invested political interest to generate a kind of in group solidarity from the image of a demonized other, on the other side. but there is only one way to break this logjam, and that is, i think the two...
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his book is about this election. what is it in your first book about obama than they do cast him as a centrist? >> well, i always thought he was a proud taste and pretty much his overall approach to issues when he was an illinois state senator, when he was in the u.s. senate. when they read, have to ask about his book about his altogether pre-senate career. it's pretty clear he's not an ideologue. so i always thought the idea of him as a socialist or whatever is just a smear. -- element of truth to it? >> the next book is about -- >> margaret was said you were supposed to tell me. >> there was a concerted effort that started even before he became president, but really accelerated in 2009 to destroy him politically for the purposes of regaining power. and so, it was not a conspiracy, but there were a lot of people who had a similar interest in trying to paint him as something he wasn't. i mean, we all know about the hope further movement. one of the amazing parts about that is that how far it moved into the mainstream
his book is about this election. what is it in your first book about obama than they do cast him as a centrist? >> well, i always thought he was a proud taste and pretty much his overall approach to issues when he was an illinois state senator, when he was in the u.s. senate. when they read, have to ask about his book about his altogether pre-senate career. it's pretty clear he's not an ideologue. so i always thought the idea of him as a socialist or whatever is just a smear. -- element...
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you have elected them. he put the responsibility in their hands. they can tell you why they did it all why they did not. precisely because we are not political. none of you elected me to do anything. i am there to interpret the law with my colleagues. so i need to explain to you this is what it is. i am interpreting the law and here it is. because that ensures that i am not engaged in political activity, but engaged in their things. they still have to explain what they have done. that is a very valuable chat on the process. we are very transparent. i think that we are also accountable. >> what do you see as the greatest challenge to the u.s. constitution in today's society? >> well, i did touch on an earlier. in terms of applying the constitution, i do think it is the technology. i mean, all of the dna is obvious for examples. you can be exonerated through dna evidence. far more often, it is used in the catch. is it a search and seizure with a tweezer full of skin and see if it matches something else. it is very difficult and there are difficult qu
you have elected them. he put the responsibility in their hands. they can tell you why they did it all why they did not. precisely because we are not political. none of you elected me to do anything. i am there to interpret the law with my colleagues. so i need to explain to you this is what it is. i am interpreting the law and here it is. because that ensures that i am not engaged in political activity, but engaged in their things. they still have to explain what they have done. that is a very...
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but the election's over. it's time to lead. now, mr. president, on an entirely different subject, yesterday was an extremely happy day for my alma mater, the university of louisville. and i want to talk today about an extraordinary individual who's really achieved an incredible success. at my university over the last 15 years. it's been my privilege during my career to get to know a number of people in all walks of life who have been highly successful. however, i am hard pressed to think of a more conspicuous example of success than what tom jurij accomplished for the university of louisville for athletics in the last 15 years. membership in the a.c.c. announced yesterday is the culmination of his extraordinary leadership. tom has for 15 years served as the athletic director for university of louisville and yesterday it was announced that u. of l. will be joining the atlanta coast conference. it will be a great home for the school, groundbreaking research and top-ranked athletic leagues. under tom's stewardship, teams have been making a
but the election's over. it's time to lead. now, mr. president, on an entirely different subject, yesterday was an extremely happy day for my alma mater, the university of louisville. and i want to talk today about an extraordinary individual who's really achieved an incredible success. at my university over the last 15 years. it's been my privilege during my career to get to know a number of people in all walks of life who have been highly successful. however, i am hard pressed to think of a...
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we just had an election a few years ago -- a few weeks ago. november 6. and what the american people, ii think, said is the time is now for the wealthy to start paying their fair share of taxes. we have seen poll after poll after poll including from some very conservative people who are saying do not cut social security, medicare and medicaid. i think it is time for the united states senate and the congress to start listening to the american people. let us go forward with deficit reduction, but let us not do it on the backs of the elderly, the children, the sick or the poor. and with that, madam president, i would yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island is recognized. mr. whitehouse: thank you, madam president. we are working towards a national defense authorization act. as we do that, i rise to discuss the importance of assessing and planning for, and mitigating the national security effects of climate change. our change in climate is not simply a green issue invented by environmentalists and cons
we just had an election a few years ago -- a few weeks ago. november 6. and what the american people, ii think, said is the time is now for the wealthy to start paying their fair share of taxes. we have seen poll after poll after poll including from some very conservative people who are saying do not cut social security, medicare and medicaid. i think it is time for the united states senate and the congress to start listening to the american people. let us go forward with deficit reduction, but...
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the results depend on the way you decide the election. elections were designed around reading for small, small at cs where you needed only eight voices to actually be elected to the electoral, to the general secretariat. if you get seven voices, that was not enough. what happens is that during the day i, for example, kept holding my vote because i was trying to make sure that minorities elected. many people were just excited about the election process. as serious, there were yearning to cast their vote. and they have cast their votes in the morning and then realized, you have quite a big gap in terms of representation of minorities and women. by the afternoon not many voices left, so we were frantically trying to create a balance, and we could not really hit it. i have to admit that i have been a burst several times to move up to the general secretariat and even to the executive office. however, because i do not represent always the mainstream of where the revolution has been having to my cab declining because i wanted syrian people to se
the results depend on the way you decide the election. elections were designed around reading for small, small at cs where you needed only eight voices to actually be elected to the electoral, to the general secretariat. if you get seven voices, that was not enough. what happens is that during the day i, for example, kept holding my vote because i was trying to make sure that minorities elected. many people were just excited about the election process. as serious, there were yearning to cast...